> Is it possible to set a default value in a Template::Service PROCESS?
>
> I've tried doing:
>
> [% DEFAULT template.foo = 'bar' %]
>
> but it just gets ignored.
It looks like TT2's Stash::set() will not set values in any blessed
object (other than Template::Stash of course). Assigning
template.foo = 'bar'
actually incorrectly falls through to attempting to call foo as a
$template method.
One fix is to replace $rootref eq 'HASH' with UNIVERSAL::isa($root, 'HASH')
(and similarly for $rootref eq 'ARRAY') in Stash::_assign(). But this
might need a bit more thought: should non-stash blessed objects be
modifiable?
In the meantime, yes, you have to do something like:
> Do I really have to do:
>
> [% IF template.foo;
> SET myfoo = template.foo;
> ELSE;
> SET myfoo = 'bar';
> END;
> %]
>
> and then use myfoo instead of template.foo?
or you could write this more concisely as either of:
[% myfoo = template.foo ? template.foo : 'bar'; %]
[% myfoo = template.foo || 'bar'; %]
BTW, the META directive allows you to modify the template object.
Perhaps this does what you need?
[% META foo = 'bar' %]
(although there is no way I know of handling DEFAULT since you can't
have an expression on the RHS of a META.)
Craig
